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Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert
PRINCE GEORGE - A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already infli...
Sep 23, 2021
Counting mail ballots, office vacancy in a post-COVID world: In The News for Sept. 23
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 23, 2021
Toronto FC dispatches York United FC 4-0 n Canadian Championship quarterfinal
TORONTO - Goals by Jonathan Osorio, Ifunanyachi Achara, Yeferson Soteldo and Noble Okello gave Toronto FC a convincing 4-0 win over York United FC in Canadian Championship quarterfinal play Wednesday....
Sep 22, 2021
Tiger-Cats win 24-7, hand Redblacks fifth straight loss
OTTAWA - Hamilton's third-string quarterback, David Watford, picked up his second straight win on a rain-filled night as the Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 24-7 Tuesday at TD Place. The win ...
Sep 22, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise is B.C., as 10 more die and 157 are in intensive care
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 death toll in British Columbia jumped to 1,910 as another 10 people died over a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health says the province recorded 759 new cases of COVID-19, pus...
Sep 22, 2021
Kiermaier hit, apparent retribution, as Rays clinch playoffs
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Kevin Kiermaier was hit by a pitch, apparent retribution for scooping up a Toronto scouting report two days earlier, and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched a postseason berth with...
Sep 22, 2021
Vancouver Canucks sign forward Alex Chiasson to professional tryout contract
VANCOUVER - Forward Alex Chiasson is getting a shot with the Vancouver Canucks. The team announced Wednesday that it has signed the 30-year-old right-winger to a professional tryout contract ahead of ...
Sep 22, 2021
ICU's at 20-week high with majority of patients unvaccinated, 76 new Island Health cases
NANAIMO - Available space in provincial intensive care units is dwindling courtesy a steady rise in serious hospitalizations.The province reported 324 people hospitalized as of Wednesday, Sept. 22 inc...
Sep 22, 2021
Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying We...
Sep 22, 2021
Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying We...
Sep 22, 2021